Device for transmitting force and conveying system
AssigneeWrh Walter Reist Holding AG
InventorWalter Reist
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Abstract
A conveying system include a guiding channel (12) with at least one conveyor unit (10) that is guided inside it and may be moved along it and a drive unit (30) for driving at least one conveyor unit (10). The conveyor unit (10) includes a series of several links which, when viewed in the axial direction, have a first joint element (1) at their first end and a second joint element (2) at their second end, respectively. The first and second joint elements (1, 2) are formed in a mutually corresponding manner and, as a result, the conveyor unit (10) is provided for transmitting pushing forces. The drive unit includes at least one roller body (35) consisting of a plurality of rollers (31), wherein the rollers (31) can be conveyed in a circular orbit (34) by a roller drive (36).
Claims13
Conveyor system comprising:
- a guiding channel (12) with at least one conveyor unit (10) guided in the guiding channel (12) and movable along the guiding channel (12) and
- a drive unit (30) for driving the at least one conveyor unit (10),
- wherein the conveyor unit (10) comprises a succession of several links (5) and the links each comprise on a first end a first joint element (1) and on a second joint end (2) a second joint element (2),
- wherein the first and second joint elements (1, 2) are shaped correspondingly to one another and thus the conveyor unit (10) is designed for the transmission of pushing forces,
- wherein the drive unit comprises at least one roller body (35) consisting of a plurality of rollers (31), which are conveyable along an orbit (34) by means of a roller drive (36), and
- wherein the rollers (31) or tappets moved along with the rollers (31) engage with the links (5) of a conveyor unit (10) and thus drive the conveyor unit (10).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.